Eliana M. Hernandez College Essay-Draft During the second semester of my Junior Year, I have learned many different and new aspects of myself due to the challenges and goals I have set for myself. Junior year is full with worries of ACT, SAT, community service hours, and many decisions that will ultimately affect the rest of my future and adult life. My mother has always been an important influence in my life. When I entered high school my mother always told me to take advantage of every opportunity that was presented to me. As a young child, hearing this over and over again, this life lesson given to me by my mother, was taken for granted, but as I have become a young adult, I see clearly that life is what you make of the opportunities presented to you and created by your own doings through hard work and dedication. Being a second generation Hispanic of Dominican heritage, I have overcome many obstacles, especially coming from a family where half of the family members do not speak English. Through the struggle of my family, I have learned the importance of work in order to support oneself and others, yet it is my goal to be apart of the first generation of my family to graduate from high school and pursue a higher education in college in order to better myself and become an important and productive member of society. I always asked myself, “Why does she repeat this so much?” and I realized she doesn’t want me to go through the challenges she went through. This is the reason why she’s one of my number one influences and inspiration in my life. Growing up in the neighborhood I lived in I learned that you have to take advantage of every opportunity presented, I also learned that for my educations risk I have to go somewhere out of my neighborhood. My family and I have learned so many from their own mistakes. My cousin got pregnant at the age of 15 and didn’t get to do everything she wanted but made it to graduate from high school. She had to wait a few years to go to college but she made it. Every time I see her, she constantly reminds me to not let nothing or no one stop me of achieving my dreams, goals and the things I’m doing today. Some of my family members now regret so many of their mistakes. Majority of them are going back to school now and tell me that they wish they should’ve done what they had to do. My mother, family members and grandma went through challenges in life to be where they are now. My mother coming from a Spanish speaking only country struggled to speak English and help me with homework when most of the times she didn’t understand. By seeing the struggle she went through made me think how my life would be if I didn’t know English. I feel grateful for having mother dedicated to help me do homework even though she didn’t understand she tried her best and I love her for doing that. She dedicated herself as well to become a citizen and try learning English, now she’s trying her best to read school letters in English instead of in Spanish. Being the only person in my household with an 85 average and above, sets expectations for my family. They are always talking me to about how proud they are of me and suggest setting higher goals that might look impossible to achieve but really they’re easy.
College Essay-Draft
During the second semester of my Junior Year, I have learned many different and new aspects of myself due to the challenges and goals I have set for myself. Junior year is full with worries of ACT, SAT, community service hours, and many decisions that will ultimately affect the rest of my future and adult life. My mother has always been an important influence in my life. When I entered high school my mother always told me to take advantage of every opportunity that was presented to me. As a young child, hearing this over and over again, this life lesson given to me by my mother, was taken for granted, but as I have become a young adult, I see clearly that life is what you make of the opportunities presented to you and created by your own doings through hard work and dedication. Being a second generation Hispanic of Dominican heritage, I have overcome many obstacles, especially coming from a family where half of the family members do not speak English. Through the struggle of my family, I have learned the importance of work in order to support oneself and others, yet it is my goal to be apart of the first generation of my family to graduate from high school and pursue a higher education in college in order to better myself and become an important and productive member of society.
I always asked myself, “Why does she repeat this so much?” and I realized she doesn’t want me to go through the challenges she went through. This is the reason why she’s one of my number one influences and inspiration in my life.
Growing up in the neighborhood I lived in I learned that you have to take advantage of every opportunity presented, I also learned that for my educations risk I have to go somewhere out of my neighborhood. My family and I have learned so many from their own mistakes. My cousin got pregnant at the age of 15 and didn’t get to do everything she wanted but made it to graduate from high school. She had to wait a few years to go to college but she made it. Every time I see her, she constantly reminds me to not let nothing or no one stop me of achieving my dreams, goals and the things I’m doing today. Some of my family members now regret so many of their mistakes. Majority of them are going back to school now and tell me that they wish they should’ve done what they had to do. My mother, family members and grandma went through challenges in life to be where they are now. My mother coming from a Spanish speaking only country struggled to speak English and help me with homework when most of the times she didn’t understand. By seeing the struggle she went through made me think how my life would be if I didn’t know English. I feel grateful for having mother dedicated to help me do homework even though she didn’t understand she tried her best and I love her for doing that. She dedicated herself as well to become a citizen and try learning English, now she’s trying her best to read school letters in English instead of in Spanish.
Being the only person in my household with an 85 average and above, sets expectations for my family. They are always talking me to about how proud they are of me and suggest setting higher goals that might look impossible to achieve but really they’re easy.